Selecting Cases for in-Depth Study from a Survey Dataset: An Application of Ragin's Configurational Methods
While ‘establishing the phenomena’, to use Merton's phrase, is an important part of the sociological enterprise, in then accounting for such empirical regularities, theoretical models are required to understand causal processes. Both regression analysis and configurational methods applied to la...
Main Authors: | Judith Glaesser, Barry Cooper |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2011-08-01
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Series: | Methodological Innovations |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4256/mio.2010.0035 |
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